Environmental artists begin Dartmoor moss-growing project

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Environmental artists begin Dartmoor moss-growing project
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The How to Bury the Giant project aims to educate people on the role moss plays in the environment.

Environmental artists have begun a project growing moss to help preserve Dartmoor's habitat.

Their project, How to Bury the Giant, aims to educate people on how moss eventually forms peatlands which store carbon below ground.Moss will be planted in small woollen nests Much bigger decorated woollen barriers are also planned to slow the flow of rainwater off Dartmoor and protect the moss that is growing.Image caption,Chloe Uden, from Art and Energy Collective, said: "The climate emergency is the 'giant' of our times and so we've developed this project looking at moss which is an amazing plant that sequesters carbon and forms peat and builds up layers of earth.

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